The View from Pompey's Head (1955)

overview : Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin Wales, a famous writer, now nearly blind and embittered, whose royalties have apparently never reached him. Back in his native South, Page finds himself immediately exposed to what he had fled : racial and class prejudices. But he also meets his former love, Dinah, now married to go-getter uncouth businessman Mickey Higgins. Will he find out whatever happened to 2,000 dollars in rights Wales did not cash? Will Dinah and Anson renew their love story?

Release Date : Nov 04, 1955

Runtime : 1h 37m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : 20th Century Fox

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : lawyer, writer, class prejudice, southern